What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76438 and 76444?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76438 and 76444 is 2.

GCF(76438,76444) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76438 and 76444, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76438 and 76444.

How to find the GCF of 76438 and 76444?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76438 and 76444. After we will calculate the factors of 76438 and 76444 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76438

Prime factors of 76438 are 2, 38219. Prime factorization of 76438 in exponential form is:

76438 = 2¹ × 38219¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76444

Prime factors of 76444 are 2, 29, 659. Prime factorization of 76444 in exponential form is:

76444 = 2² × 29¹ × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 76438

List of positive integer factors of 76438 that divides 76438 without a remainder.

1, 2, 38219

Step-4: Factors of 76444

List of positive integer factors of 76444 that divides 76438 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 116, 659, 1318, 2636, 19111, 38222

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76438 and 76444. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76438 and 76444 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 76438 and 76444